Adherence to Long-Term Therapies and Beliefs about Medications
Table 4
Summary of regression analyses for association between beliefs and information adequacy subscalesa.
Perceived adequacy of medication information subscales
BMQ-specific necessity (95% CI)
BMQ-specific concerns (95% CI)
BMQ-general overuse (95% CI)
BMQ-general harm (95% CI)
Action and usage
0.26 (0.15–0.37)***
−0.06 (−0.15–0.03)
−0.24 (−0.34–−0.14)***
−0.19 (−0.30–−0.08)***
Potential problems of medication
−0.06 (−0.17–0.05)
−0.21 (−0.31–−0.11)***
−0.02 (−0.13–0.09)
−0.15 (−0.26–−0.04)**
Adjusted for age, gender, literacy level, number of medical conditions, number of medications, and illnesses duration; BMQ: beliefs about medicines questionnaire; : multiple linear regression coefficient; CI: confidence interval; ; ; .